空间关系构式及其意义建构

Spatial-relations Constructions and Their Meaning Construction

空间问题一直都是认知语言学的研究热点之一。客观世界中物体之间的空间关系是人经过认知加工并进而概念化的结果。因此,空间关系不是客观存在的,而是人赋予给事物的。文章提出的空间关系构式及其意义建构模式既可以解释空间关系构式的构成问题,也可以解释空间关系构式的意义建构问题。空间关系构式的构成是人如何通过认知加工对空间关系进行语言编码的过程,空间关系构式的意义建构则是人如何依据构式语境、概念内容和事物的本质特征与联想特征对空间关系构式进行意义解码的过程。

Space is one of the topics in cognitive linguistics. The spatial relations between objects result from man＇ s cognitive processing and conceptualization. Therefore, spatial relations do not exist by themselves, they are construed as so by human beings. This paper proposes the model of Spatial-Relations Constructions（SRCs） and their meaning Construction which explains how the spatial-relations constructions are formed, and how their meanings are constructed. As a matter of fact, the formation of SRCs is a linguistic encoding process of the spatial relations between objects by man＇ s cognitive processing, and the meaning construction of the SRCs is a decoding process which is based on the constructional context, the purport of the lexical items involved and the definitional and associated characteristics of the two involved obiects.